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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapter 8 | Part 1, Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The main character, a Ute boy, first learns the Indian legends, keeps them alive, and then lives with white men. What happens to him, ultimately?
(a) His 'old ways are integrated with his new life.
(b) He absorbs the white man's ways, and forever forgets the 'old ways'.
(c) The 'old ways' are driven from his life.
(d) The white man's ways gradually fade the 'old ways' from memory.

2. In addition to warmth, why does Bessie Black Bull give her son a red blanket?
(a) Red is the color for honor.
(b) Red is the color for courage.
(c) Red is the color for trust.
(d) Red is the color for protection.

3. What does Jim Thatcher tell Bessie Black Bull regarding Blue Elk following her encounter with the Indian women who initially tease her?
(a) He was totally responsible for settling the issue with Frank No Deer.
(b) He was responsible for stealing from Jim Thatcher's store.
(c) He had nothing to do with settling the issue with Frank No Deer.
(d) He was partly responsible for settling the issue with Frank No Deer.

4. What sort of lodge does George Black Bull build when snow begins to show in the mountains?
(a) In a cave behind brush and stones.
(b) Peaked like the mountain caps.
(c) Round like the sun and path of the stars.
(d) A conical teepee made of animal skins.

5. What happens with George Black Bull's body?
(a) The sheriff has it buried in the commoner's cemetery.
(b) Bessie and Tom bury it in the 'old way'.
(c) It is never found.
(d) Animals eat it.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many baskets does Bessie Black Bull trade for an ax, ammunition, a hunting knife, and candy at Jim Thatcher's store?

2. What does Frank No Deer buy with the $15 he steals?

3. What is the white man's idea of how the Utes should live?

4. When Bessie Black Bull goes back to town a third time, what does she trade with Indian women in exchange for information about Blue Elk?

5. When the first frost arrives, Bessie examines the pine nuts, acorns, and fish they have and decides what?

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